Having proven that using horoscopes is justified from the parents' point of view, the next question arises amongst youth is how to enjoy the luxury of love marriage and still get it arranged. That is, how can we choose the partner of our choice and still not make our older generations unhappy. How can we become "so-called" liberal and still remain traditional.

These questions are more relevant to those whose families and society are very rigid in terms of marriage. If your society is not liberal enough to accept a love marriage, then you should either leave them (if you feel so) or should try to find the answer to the above questions.

From now onwards, I shall discard those families (resp. societies) which are open to inter-caste, inter-religion marriages. I shall also discard those who are of the opinion of leaving their families for the sake of love. These two are cases fully supportive to love marriages. They could be studied separately. In paragraphs below, I will try to propose a solution to those who want to exercise love without sacrificing their rigid families.

The only feasible solution to the conflicting constraints between love and society is to choose the boundary between the two. The boundary defines the extent to which you can utilise your freedom of choice and still be acceptable to the family. Since we are trying to address the problem from the rigid family side, the condition is like this.

Love Marriage

Can love anybody

----------------------------------------------------Middle Path

Can love people with certain criterion

----------------------------------------------------Arranged Marriage

Cant love anybody

CriterionPerson you love should be acceptable to your parents (resp. family described as depth of family tree)

This criterion is subjective. Let me illustrate one example. The person should be of same caste. (Forget about inter-religion marriage!) The person should have decent family background. The person should be have traditional values.

Now the bigger trouble is how to love somebody who matches this criterion. Some say "Love just happens. You dont have control on it". Some say "Love is not governed by laws of the society". For them I ask "How do you know that you are in love?" Isnt it your self belief that you are in love. So if you dont believe you are in love then you arent. Let me explain my understanding of love.

You feel that you are in love with a person whenyou care for that person more than anybody elseyou want to be in his/her company and miss the person very muchyou know that you understand the person very well

For each of above three reasons to be valid, you need to spend some time with the person. "Some time" may actually be few days, months, years. So when you spend some time with a person, after that you realise that you are in love. In fact, you accept that the person is your friend much prior to this. It means that friendship preceed love. (I dont believe in love at first sight)

This implies that, there is a time gap between acceptance of friendship and realisation of love. In fact, friendship is the state when you start understanding the person and wish to be in his/her company. On maturity of friendship, you start caring for one another. Even further is the stage of love, when the person becomes more important that others. It should be noted that at the stage of close friendship, when you care for one another, there still could be many friends equally close. On the contrary, at the stage of love, there is only one you love.

My theory of loving a person with some criterion is based on the above proven time gap. We all have many friends. We all have few close friends. When we feel that some person among our close friends satisfies the criterion, we shall allow the feeling of love to build. This self imposed restriction is very rigid and requires mental strength. If you dont have enough mental strength then the easiest way to resist the feeling is to keep some distance.

Methodology

Keep your eyes open - To find the person satisfying the criterion

Befriend the person

Let the friendship mature

Express yourself to your parents

Get parents consent

If parents agree then goto next step else let the relationship to close friendship and goto step 1

Express yourself to the person - This step is delayed so that you are not hurt if the previous step doesnt succeed

Build the relationship till love is achieved from both sides

If love stage is reached then all is fine else bring the relationship to close friendship and goto step 1.

Note: This methodology is neither tested nor is it known to work on any testcase. In my case I am still at step 1. I didnt have the opportunity to go beyond that.

Comments

Good writing, but I would argue that the scripts written here are highly subjective and varies from case-to-case. I would also add that if any one in True love reads this, they might want to know your address :D

If you belong to a family that has a strong value system and all teh family members are bound by some common code of survival and understanding, then the person whom you accept as your partner for life would not be much different from the members of your family. Easier said than done, I know, but it is also true that love is quite blind most of the times and during those times, it is not quite true. True love will not compromise with the love you have for your family. Granted its not always easily met - but life is never perfect. It is only as perfect as you are - so whats wrong in being as right as we can?

I cant keep my fingers on it... but this just doesnt seem rite.. U seem to keep us in a national park with few of choices available and i hv to pick one of 'em. I agree love is a state of mind, but then what the hell go on for arranged marriage and make ur mind later that u r in luv. Dont be so manipulative as to maintain th e distance that luv doesn't happen let it come and even if it all comes to naught u wud find urself enriched.Sounds like a cliche doesnt it ... but dont be afraid of luv tht u got to hv it with someone u marry... U wud find many who hv luvd , are now happily married and not with the one they luvd.But u wud never find them say tht luv shudnt hv happened they are faithful but glad tht luv came their way .....once............

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